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** AUGUST 9, 2020
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** WHITEHEAD: ON THE ISSUES
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P Is for Predator State: The Building Blocks of Tyranny from A to Z ([link removed])

One Nation Under House Arrest: How Do COVID-19 Mandates Impact Our Freedoms? ([link removed])

The Federal Coup to Overthrow the States and Nix the 10th Amendment Is Underway ([link removed])

America, You’ve Been Blacklisted: McCarthyism Refashioned for a New Age ([link removed])


** RUTHERFORD: ON THE FRONT LINES
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Rutherford Institute Calls on U.S. Supreme Court to Apply Unanimous Jury Rule Retroactively to All Convictions That Violate the Sixth Amendment ([link removed])

In a Victory for Religious Freedom, U.S. Supreme Court Prohibits Government From Meddling in Employment Decisions at Religious Schools ([link removed])

Victory: U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Discriminatory Law Preventing Students From Using Scholarships to Attend Religious Private Schools ([link removed])


** COVID-19 DEVELOPMENTS
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97,000 Children Reportedly Test Positive for Coronavirus in Two Weeks ([link removed])

NYC to Set Up Quarantine Checkpoints at City Borders ([link removed])

US Government & Yale Hold Clinical Trials On How Best to ‘Persuade’ Americans to Take COVID-19 Vaccine ([link removed])

Google Says New "Contact Tracing" App To Launch In Coming Weeks ([link removed])

Red Flags Soar As Big Pharma Will Be Exempt From COVID-19 Vaccine Liability Claims ([link removed])

Military To 'Joint Venture' With CDC To Distribute Coming Vaccines ([link removed])

Robotic Assistance Devices Announces Face Mask Detection Orders ([link removed])

Miami Police Setting Up ‘Mask Traps,’ Issuing $100 Fines to People Wearing Masks Improperly ([link removed])

Lawyers Weighing In on New Albemarle Co. and Charlottesville Mask Ordinances ([link removed])
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** IN THE COURTS
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Louisiana Supreme Court Rules Black Man Convicted of Garden Tool Theft 20 Years Ago Should Die in Prison ([link removed])

As Prisons Across US Report Surge in Covid-19 Cases, Supreme Court Rules Jail Does Not Have to Provide Basic Protections to Inmates ([link removed])

Judge’s Blistering Opinion Says Courts Have Placed Police Beyond Accountability ([link removed])

New York City Police Unions Sue to Block City’s Chokehold Ban ([link removed])

EFF and ACLU Tell Federal Court that Forensic Software Source Code Must Be Disclosed ([link removed])

In Historic Opinion, Third Circuit Protects Public School Students’ Off-Campus Social Media Speech ([link removed])

New York Supreme Court Orders Release of NYC Gun Owners’ Private Info ([link removed])


** PODCAST: FREEDOM UNDER FIRE
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P Is for Predator State: The Building Blocks of Tyranny from A to Z ([link removed])

One Nation Under House Arrest: How Do COVID-19 Mandates Impact Our Freedoms? ([link removed])

The Federal Coup to Overthrow the States and Nix the 10th Amendment Is Underway ([link removed])

America, You’ve Been Blacklisted: McCarthyism Refashioned for a New Age ([link removed])

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** VODCAST: ON TARGET
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** AMERICAN POLICE STATE
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“Woke” Corporations Supporting Black Lives Matter Quietly Funding Police ([link removed])

Who Profits from Militarizing the Police? ([link removed])

Detroit Police Department Settles Another Dog Shooting Lawsuit After Video Contradicts Cop’s Account ([link removed])

Police Spending Has Been Rising for Years ([link removed])

NYPD Had Paid Informant Embedded in George Floyd Protests ([link removed])

Federal Judge Pens Scathing Opinion on Qualified Immunity ([link removed])

New York City Police Unions Sue to Block City’s Chokehold Ban ([link removed])

Anonymous Stole and Leaked a Megatrove of Police Documents ([link removed])

New Jersey Police Are Pressing Felony Charges for Retweeting an Officer’s Photo ([link removed])

Deputies Accused of Being in Secret Societies Cost L.A. County Taxpayers $55 Million ([link removed])


** AMERICA AT WAR
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Anonymous Stole and Leaked a Megatrove of Police Documents ([link removed])

Chicago Homicides and Shootings Rise Sharply in 2020 ([link removed])

Who Profits from Militarizing the Police? ([link removed])

New Pentagon Training Refers to Protesters, Journalists As ‘Adversaries’ ([link removed])

No Longer in Shadows, Pentagon’s U.F.O. Unit Will Make Some Findings Public ([link removed])

Trump Says He Could Send As Many as 75,000 Federal Agents to US Cities ([link removed])


** BEHIND BARS
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Massachusetts Department of Corrections Makes Prisoners Create Blue Lives Matter Flags ([link removed])

Mississippi Teen Who Has Languished In Jail For 17 Months Without An Indictment Is Just 'One Of Thousands' ([link removed])

In Portland, Getting Out of Jail Requires Relinquishing Constitutional Rights ([link removed])
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** NATIONAL SECURITY
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Insecure Satellite Internet Is Threatening Ship and Plane Safety ([link removed])

TSA’s Looking to Rapidly Verify Passengers Without Biometrics or Physical IDs ([link removed])

Fusion Centers Have Secretly Created A National Citizen Spying Program ([link removed])

NSA Warns Cellphone Location Data Could Pose National-Security Threat ([link removed])

DHS Compiled ‘Intelligence Reports’ on Journalists Who Published Leaked Documents ([link removed])

Homeland Security Was Destined to Become a Secret Police Force ([link removed])


** GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION
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US ‘Plotted to Kill Julian Assange and Make It Look Like an Accident’ ([link removed])


** SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY
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Beware of Find-My-Phone, WI-Fi, and Bluetooth, NSA Tells Mobile Users ([link removed])

Microphones Listening to More than Voice Commands with Google-ADT Home Security System ([link removed])

What Are Stingrays and Dirtboxes? ([link removed])


** FREE SPEECH
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Activist Wearing ‘F—12’ Mask Removed From American Airlines Flight ([link removed])


** ASSET FORFEITURE
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Homeland Security Seized $2 Billion in Cash From Travelers at U.S. Airports ([link removed])


** TECHNOLOGY
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Google Invests $450 Million in ADT Gets Exclusive Hardware Deal ([link removed])

What’s New in Civic Tech: States Deploy Chatbots for Crisis ([link removed])

Corporate Giant Invests in Rapid Weapons Detection Tech ([link removed])

The Antitrust Hearing Reveals That Tech Is Inescapable ([link removed])


** EDUCATION
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Georgia Students Suspended for Posting Photos of Packed School Hallways and Few Masks ([link removed])

Immunizations Still Required for Virtual Learning ([link removed])


** ECONOMY
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43 Million Americans at Risk of Eviction As Relief Programs and Moratorium Expire ([link removed])


** HEALTH & MEDICINE
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Gov’t Safety Limits Don’t Protect Us from Unhealthy Levels of Radiation from “Smart” Meters ([link removed])


** POLITICS
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How Facebook Wrote Its Rules to Accommodate Trump ([link removed])

Teen Models, Powerful Men and Private Dinners: When Trump Hosted Look of the Year ([link removed])


** CULTURE
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Fear of Authoritarian Regimes Is Pushing the Film Industry to Self-Censor ([link removed])


** FURTHER READING
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The Elites Fiddle While America Burns ([link removed])

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